There is always talk on HN about American culture versus European and how Europe has no big tech companies like the US. I can't speak for all of Europe, having worked in only 2 of these countries full time, and Germans I know have a very different week to those of us in Norway, but I'm only here at 4.15pm because I'm on HN. I should have home half an hour ago. Really, why am i still here?

We can have it better and we don't need 100 hour weeks. The company I work for has cornered the industry and won out over MS for our last major contract.